Yes, do it! You know they deserve to die! Oh, right, this is the mod thing post.

I have the Schiit Modi 3 DAC in front of the little dot and i would most definitely get the hereesy if I could get it for a fair price. Its also much less of a hassle. But i still love the tube vibes. I am not a believer in snake oil and i quite honestly dont hear a difference with the tube amp. I just like it visually.

There was onl one thing that scared me away from Schiit amplifiers. I read i some reviews that some Heresy amps suddenly got really loud for a moment and destroyed peoples headphones. There was also lots of those people saying that Schiit didnt pay their damaged headphones You might wanna investigate that before going with their amps. I wouldnt wanna destroy expensive headphones.

Audiology practice requires audiometric devices, medical devices are controlled by specifications, those headphones aren’t in the US specifications. Audiologists might use a different headphone, it might even be reasonably accurate, but it’s outside the standards of practice for their profession, possibly not covered by their malpractice insurance. I included the weasel words because the specifications are different elsewhere in the world.

Yep. The Edition XS is more clinical than enjoyable. Still a super headphone for $500 if you seek clarity and soundstage more than energy.

I missed this but thank you, very insightful.

Not a joke, I recognised them when I entered the room. I saw the labelling on the cup.

And those headbands are a menace.

Or more clearly, they care very much about frequency and loudness, but not pleasant musical reproduction.

Sure hope not- it probably violates their professional standards. Audiometers are manufactured for use with specific headphones which are standardized across the medical field.

bruh there's gonna be so little latency in your music you'll technically be listening in the future

Yes. The audiometer is adjusted to calibrate for intensity changes in the system- headphone, cord, jack panel, patch cable, and audiometer.

I've had my shure se215's for about 20 years. They're $100 now and they were a $100 back then. They haven't aged well. Meaning there are waaaay better sounding iem's now for a fraction of the price.

You can get really great sounding iem's starting at $18. Have a search a around the sub and find out about all the recommended iem's. No need to go Blessing 2 for your first iem.

Have fun!

Older audiometers had record players, cassette players, cd players attached… … and they all sound awful playing music through those headphones.

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There's also driver matching. If the FR of the left cup is very different from the FR of the right cup, it'll never sound right unless you EQ each cup specifically to match each other.

Controversial but rational take: all of the above is the human brain and ear's way of interpreting variations in frequency response. Sound waves have amplitude, frequency, and stop/start time. There are no other characteristics of sound waves. Every headphone that works is capable of vibrating at least 20,000 times per second. That's fast enough to cover all frequencies, but the differences in amplitude between frequencies create the illusions you describe.

Audiology patient test headphones (as opposed to the clinician monitor headphones) are awful for music, requiring 20+ dB of EQ at low frequencies, 10+ dB at high frequencies. They sound distant, overly sharp, weirdly not musical, seal poorly, and have uncomfortable headbands. The accuracy and correctness is in the audiometer, not the headphones. The headphones only redeeming feature is their similarity- they’re manufactured to a specification and distributed worldwide so a calibrated audiometer (should) yield the same effective results anywhere.

How about the gain setting of ho200 amp ?

"low" gain is optimized for iem. (Accourding for manufacturer)

"medium" gain try this.

"high" gain comes with noice penalty at 300 ohms load according to this website
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/smsl-ho200-review-headphone-amplifier.27553/

good ol coconut technique

Extended warranty

I love the Apple hate on a headphone sub. Gotta get your hate out somewhere I guess.

Thanks for the review! You're literally me because I currently have Sundaras and was considering the Arya, LCD-2/LCD-X, or Focal Clears as an upgrade lol

I was - went back and checked. I also found them meaningfully better than the 009.

But nothing like that planar bass. It’s a class all its own. The X9000 did just enough in the department to make it a compromise for those highs/mids, at least for my bass preferences.

So for me, I prefer the higher clamp. I can see where it could be tiresome to some.

They're amazing and can certainly be considered endgame. For me, the HD800s have that 10% extra on the Sundara that make them my personal endgame. Just a bit better soundstage presentation, better mids, less harsh treble.

Are they $1300+ dollars better than Sundara. Absolutely not. Again it's like a 10% improvement. I wouldn't say it's wise to spend $1600 on a single headphone, especially when a $300 Sundara is like 90% as good. But sometimes some of us get caught chasing that dragon lol.